Jeanne de Navarre

1273 - 1305  (32 years)

• Name	Jeanne de Navarre  [1]
  Birth	14 Jan 1273	Champagne-Ardenne, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Apr 1305	Villecresnes, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  Burial	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [1]
  	(Couvent des Cordeliers)
  Person ID	I3819	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	King of France Philippe Capet, IV,   b. 1268, Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France d. 29 Nov 1314, Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 46 years)
  Children	1. Queen Consort of England Isabella of France,   b. Abt 1295, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 22 Aug 1358, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jan 1273 - Champagne-Ardenne, France Death - 2 Apr 1305 - Villecresnes, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France Burial - - Paris, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Jana I Navarra Joan I (14 Jan 1273 – 2 Apr 1305)was Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne; she was also Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV. Joan never ruled Navarre, it being overseen by French governors. Given direct control over the County of Champagne, she raised an army to face the invasion of the county by Henry, Count of Bar, even…

  
  

• Sources

  [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Jeanne de Navarre I 1273-1305 Queen of France. Royalty, Queen of Navarra, Countess of Champagne and of Brie, by marriage to Philipp IV also Queen of France. Born in Bar-sur-Seine as the only daughter of Henri I and Blanche de Artois. When her father died in 1274 several cities rebelled and Castile and Aragon were ready to invade Navarra. Blanche asked Philipp III for help who returned the peace in Navarra. In exchange Jeanne was engaged to the kings second son, Philippe. When the kings eldest son died in 1276, Jeanne was sent to Paris to be raised with her future husband. They were married in 1284 at Notre-Dame de Paris and Philippe succeeded his father a year later. She will bear six children in this marriage of which two will die young, three will be French kings and one English queen. She never involved herself in Philipps politics, but governed the Champagne and Navarra personally. When the Count of Bar invaded the Champagne she raised an army and defeated him in the Battle of Commines. She also reconquered Navarra from her Spanish neighbors and guaranteed a lasting peace there. Philipp is the first King of France and Navarra but never visited his southern kingdom. In 1304 she founded the College de Navarre in Paris for students mostly from Champagne and Navarra. She died aged 32 years at Vincennes and is buried at the Franciscan monastery. Her grave was destroyed by a fire in 1580. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64956255/jeanne_i-de_navarre